A 64 year old man will be charged today, Feb 9, with voluntarily causing hurt to a public servant, criminal intimidation and suspected drug-related offences.
The incident happened at Block 124, Toa Payoh Lorong 1 on Monday, Feb 8, after a standoff with police which ended with a police officer getting stabbed.
The police received a call at around 8.50am from a man who said that his grandmother’s tenant had locked himself up in his room and threatened to commit suicide. The police arrived to see a man yelling and he refused to heed the officers’ repeated calls to open the door.
The police then informed from the Singapore Civil Defence Force for assistance and its officers broke into the man’s room. When the police entered the room, the man was seen holding a canister of butane fuel and a lighter in his hands.
The man charged towards the officers and allegedly stabbed the officer on the left thigh with a knife.
If found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt, the man can be jailed for up to seven years, fined or caned.
If found guilty for the offence of criminal investigation, the man can be jailed for up to 10 years or fined, or both. The offence of consuming either controlled or specified drugs carries a jail term of up to 10 years or a fine of up to S$20,000, or both.